Labor to boost Indigenous support

A re-elected ACT Labor Government would spend $3.3 million over four years on extra support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra.

Labor has committed $880,000 to boost the CHANCES education and training program, and $200,000 to fund an annual Indigenous business seminar.

There would also be funding for education scholarships to encourage careers in early childhood and health.

Labor would also build five two-bedroom units at a single site for Indigenous specific aged care accommodation, at a cost of $1.5 million.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bourke says it is important to address disadvantage and provide opportunity.

"ACT Labor recognises that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT still experience significant disadvantage like the rest of the country, and so these are efforts which will help to close the gap," he said.

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